Althea Charles So. Thrower West Orange, NJ (West Orange)

Women's Track 2007-08 •TEAM PAGE | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | RESULTS PAGE

2007-08: Dubuted at NU's first indoor meet, the Husky Winter Carnival, and placed fifth in the shot put (38'11.75) and 13th in the weight throw (38'7.5)...took ninth in the weight throw (45'3) and ninth in the shot put (37'10.75) at the Dartmouth Relays...placed third in the shot put (41'1) and sixth in the weight throw (44'7) at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games...second in both the shot put (39'3.75) and weight throw (46'6) at the Battle of Beantown...12th in the shot put (41'3.25) and 16th in the weight throw (46'5.5) at the Valentine's Invitational...placed 14th in the shot put (40'8.25) at the New England Championship...outdoors, won the shot put (43'7.5) and fourth in the hammer (126'10) at the Seahawk Invitational...took ninth in the shot put (42'2.75) at the Florida State Relays...placed fourth in the 'B' section of the shot put with a throw of 43'4.5 at the Florida Relays...took second in the shot put (40'7.5) and third in both the discus (113'5) and hammer (146'1) at the Solomon Husky Invitational...placed fifth in the hammer (148'0) and ninth in both the shot put (41'10.75) and discus (121'10) at the CAA Championship...took fifth in the shot put (40'6.5) and eighth in the discus (113'7) at the Patriot Open Invitational. High School: Competed in track and field for four years, captaining the team for two...captained the volleyball team for two out of three years...first team All-County and All-Conference twice in track as well as second team All-State...first team All-Conference twice in volleyball...set the school record for the indoor shot put (42’6) and the outdoor shot put (41’3)...state sectional champion in the shot put and the discus...won Most Outstanding Female Athlete at West Orange High in 2007...team was conference champ three times and state sectional champ in 2004. Personal: Born Dec. 10, 1989...plans to major in History and Secondary Education...hopes to become a high school teacher and coach...Class of 2012.